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Architects Ľudovít Oelschläger and Gejza Zoltán Boskó.
Photo 1927.
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 Synagogue on Puškinova Street. Today, it is a religious center for the modern Orthodox Jews of Košice. Used for services only on High Holidays. Photo, M. Isenberg, © November 2013.
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Kosice street, serving the orthodox community, designed by
the architect János Balogh. Photo dated 1881. The last
reconstruction was in 1899.
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  Same street, Ulica Zvonarska, November 2013. White building is Synagogue, part of Kosice's Jewish Community Center. Photos, M. Isenberg, © November 2013.
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Kosice's Neological Temple, architect Lajos Kosma, in the
Neo-Baroque style. Photo 1927.
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 This building appears to be attached to the synagogue and now serves as a cultural center and concert hall. Note the name on the building: Štátna Filharmónica Košice, basically the State Philharmonic Arts Center, Kosice. It is located on the corner of Moysesova and Grešakova streets. Photo, M. Isenberg, © November 2013.
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Another view of Neological Temple. Photo 1927
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 A view of Neological Temple Photo, M. Isenberg, © November 2013. |
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 The Status Quo Synagogue, built in 1866. Architect Michal Repaszky; The Vienna Tempelgasse Synagogue probably served as an inspiration for the design. Demolished in 1958 |
 What the Status Quo Synagogue looked like. Found in a document, "Silvia Singerová: Jewish Identity after the Holocaust - The Community in Košice" |
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Random Photo taken 17 November 2013, by M. Isenberg, now
identified as the State Science Library Building, Hlavna Ulica 10.
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Note: Stefan Vrancik was the grandfather of Peter Absolon's 2nd cousin! In May 2014, six months after this photo at left was taken, the above memorial plaque was attached to the wall of the State On the second photo, extracted and adapted from a photo on GoogleMaps, you can see where it was attached to the wall. |
Bobby Furst serves as the librarian for the Hungarian-Special Interest Group (H-SIG) of JewishGen. Bobby had family who once lived in Kosice and the family names were NEUMANN and GUTMANN.
Bobby kindly allowed us to display the photographs she took in
Kosice when she visited there in 1998. Click on the images to view a
larger size.
Thanks, Bobby!
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Vivian Kahn, Coordinator, JewishGen Hungarian SIG, shared a postcard of Kosice, unknown publisher and date. (Click to enlarge)
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Vivian also provided some additional views of the orthodox synagogue on Zvonarska Street in Kosice that she photographed in 2001. Thanks, Vivian!
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